"Jerusalem Catholic Cardinal Offers Himself to Hamas for Release of Gaza Hostages"

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Roman Catholic official in the Holy Land, expressed his willingness to exchange himself for the children held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalates, with Israeli forces preparing for a broad campaign against Hamas, concerns of regional expansion and a broader conflict in the Middle East arise. The United States is actively trying to locate hostages, including 13 Americans, and President Biden has vowed to do everything in their power to find and free them.